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Lord Spiritual

American  

noun

plural

Lords Spiritual

  1. a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.

Etymology

Origin of Lord Spiritual

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

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The Lord Spiritual had this right no less than the Lord Temporal.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

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